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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: body, I started toward him; but being bound fast I could not guide myself,
and I rolled off the ledge. The bank there was pretty steep, and, unable to
stop, I kept on like a barrel going down-bill. The thought of rolling into
the spring filled me with horror. Suddenly I bumped hard into something
that checked me. It was a log of firewood, and in one end stuck the big
knife which Herky-Jerky used to cut meat.
Instantly I conceived the idea of cutting my bonds with this knife. But how
was I to set about it?
"Dick, here's a knife. How'll I get to it so as to free myself?"
"Easy as pie," replied he, eagerly. "The sharp edge points down. You hitch
yourself this way--That's it---good!"
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